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Slender Janusia
Cottsia gracilis
32.1072, -111.006
Field Notes
Description:
The flowers are up to 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) wide and have 5 wrinkled, spoon-shaped petals. The flowers are followed by 3-winged, usually reddish, hairy seedpods. The leaves are green, hairy, opposite, and narrowly lanceolate in shape. The slender, hairy stems twine through other plants.
Barbados Cherry family.
Habitat:
Rocky desert hillside.
Notes:
Slender Janusia is rare in the United States but locally common where found in Arizona. The species Cottsia gracilis has recently undergone a taxonomic change from the genus Janusia to the genus Cottsia, some authorities consider this change unresolved.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 17, 2016
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